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This gorgeous stand of French Lavender is now three years old. It was planted late one spring from three of our starter pots. The name French Lavender is sometimes applied to Lavandula stoechas which most sources will call Spanish Lavender. Both are zone 8 plants and both are beautiful but French Lavender blooms a lot longer. As always it is important to use botanic names when buying plants. |
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What a striking complement the Yellow Lavender, with its chartreuse foliage and its creamy beige flower petals, is to the French Lavender. Both lavenders should be pruned well at the end of the season to keep the bushes from becoming unruly and down right ugly. |
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French Lavender is not usually used as a culinary lavender. But, we have had customers who do like to cook with it. And, while it doesn't have that great English Lavender fragrance, it is large and blooms from spring to frost and has a nice clean smell. If you look closely at the close up on the right, you can see the actual French Lavender flowers. They are small and pale and cradled in colorful petals called bracts. And, the close up of the leaves in the lower left photo shows how this plant became known as the dented lavender or Lavandula dentata. |
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French Lavender makes a great addition to our Zone 8 Fragrant Herb Garden Six Pack.
Try Lambikins Dwarf French Lavender for a more petite version of French Lavender. It only gets two feet instead of four. |
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Cultural Information Height: 3 feet or more, Hardiness: Perennial Flower Color: Light Purple Characteristics: Full Sun, Uses: Dried Flower, Ornamenta
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Video: How to Prune
Lavender Plants LAVENDER 1-2-3: Choosing, Planting, Growing, Pruning, Harvesting and Using lavender plants |
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